One
of the major strengths of the SouthWare Excellence Series™ is that
its processes and built-in business rules/procedures have been proven
successful by thousands of businesses over many years. But what
do you do when “standard” functions aren’t enough to handle your
needs or desires in a particular area?

Certainly
one option is to make custom programming changes. This makes your
system non-standard and not readily upgradeable, but it does give
you the functions you need. But wouldn’t it be great if you could
add the functions and keep your system standard?

That’s
where SouthWare WorkFlow™ comes in. With its unique WorkFlow Controller
technology you have the ability to “insert” new functions at many
different points in a process. In many cases these functions, called
FlowMods, will eliminate the need for any custom programming. Or
if custom programming is still required you may be able to use a
FlowMod to call the custom program at the right time and still keep
your system standard!

With
SouthWare WorkFlow, you can:

Review
the Information FlowSouthWare
WorkFlow includes a database with information about processes, programs,
and flow points within programs. With the WorkFlow Controller you
can zoom between these levels of information to see how the pieces
fit together. Each record can contain comments that explain its
use and other information such as options that affect its use. By
reviewing a process, program, or field with the WorkFlow Controller
you can learn more about its function in your system.

Add
FlowMods to Customize the FlowWith
SouthWare WorkFlow you can add one or more FlowMods to a particular
work flow point (field, question, or other processing point in a
program). When the related program gets to that particular point,
it calls WorkFlow to perform whatever FlowMod step(s) you have specified.

Extensive
FlowMod Functions
• Up to 99 FlowMods Before or After a FlowPoint
• Up to 10 Steps per FlowMod
• Validated step entry so there’s no programming language syntax
to learn
• Flexible Step Types including:

•IF,
AND, OR, ELSE testing
•Insert a value in the current field
•Change the value in another field, even another file
•Execute an object
•Display data/literal/line/graphics on the screen
•Calculate a value
•GOTO another FlowMod
•Call an external program
•Display a message and accept an answer
•Execute a Field Filter
•Call a WorkFlow Utility
•....and more!

• Adding
your own “operator-specific” customization of keystrokes and security
features
• Conditionally changing the value of one field based upon the value
entered in another field
• Automating situations such as adding a service line item to an
order if the stock item requires a special service
• Activating a special flag when a particular situation occurs,
then testing that flag in other processes
• Calculating and accumulating amounts not stored in the standard
system
• Stopping the normal flow from continuing if a special condition
has not been met
• Creating an Internet e-mail message to a customer or to a salesperson
when one of his orders ships
• Creating an event to record a situation that needs to be monitored